Pakistan

Melbourne, August 13 (Dawn): The 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne held between August 11 and 21, was a big night for Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, as his film Kapoor And Sons won best film and he bagged the Diversity Award. The Pakistani actor also presented the Best Actress award to Sonam Kapoor for her film Neerja later in the night. The festival set...

Islamabad, August 13 (NIA): This year, Pakistan is celebrating its independence from Britain (and India) in a novel way. It is running an “Azadi” (Freedom) train with compartments depicting the Indian Muslims’ struggle to secure a homeland for themselves; the multi-faceted culture of the country; the on-going struggle for “Azadi” in Indian-held Kashmir; and the country’s own fight against terrorism....

Aug 13 (NIA) - The Pakistan government, on Saturday, announced that the six member crew who were held hostage by the Taliban when their helicopter crash landed in Afghanistan on Aug 4, had been released. The Pakistan Foreign Ministry, in a statement said that the crew was released in an inter-tribe exchange on the Pakistan -Afghan border in FATA. They...

Islamabad, August 8 (NIA): Between October 18, 2007 and August 8, 2016, a total of 1808 civilians were killed in attacks on soft targets by militants in Pakistan. Here is the timeline compiled by AFP: -- 2007 -- October 18: Bomb attacks targeting former premier Benazir Bhutto kill 139 people in Karachi as she returns to Pakistan for the first...

Islamabad ,August 8 (NIA): The death toll in the blast at a hospital in Quetta in Balochistan province of Pakistan on Monday, had risen to 93 by evening, the India Abroad News Service (IANS) reported quoting officials. A deafening blast ripped through scores of mourners in the 93, mainly lawyers, in this year's bloodiest terror attack in Pakistan. Balochistan Health...

Colombo, August 8 (NIA): The on-going visit of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, to Sri Lanka is likely to revive Islamabad’s bid to sell F-17 Thunder fighter aircraft – an earlier attempt having been thwarted by India, reports The New Indian Express. Announcing ACM Aman’s visit, a Pakistan High Commission press release said that...

Islamabad, August 6 (NIA): Pakistanis are completely off the track if they imagine that the Kashmiris’ demand for Azadi or freedom means yearning for the merger of their state with Pakistan, says Abbas Nasir in an article in Dawn. “Kashmiris want to stress that when they say ‘Azadi’ they mean both from India and Pakistan. They wish to govern themselves,”...

Aug 6 (NIA) - Pakistan has sought help from the US and Afghan government to ensure the safe return of the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crash-landed in a lawless region of Afghanistan and is being held by the Taliban. An MI-17 helicopter owned by Punjab provincial government was on its way to Russia for routine maintenance when it...

Islamabad, August 5 (NIA): Hopes that the SAARC Home Ministers’ conference held here on August 3 and 4 would enable India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to jointly fight terrorism, were dashed when the Bangladeshi Home Minister opted out of the conference in protest against Pakistan’s alleged role in fomenting Islamic terrorism in his country, and the Indian and Pakistani Home ministers...

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has expressed regret at the strained relationship he shared with Wasim Akram during their playing days. Speaking on the fifth episode of ESPNcricinfo Talking Cricket to be aired on August 5 night India time on Sony ESPN, Waqar said the "issues" between them didn't help the team's cause. "I am really good friends with Wasim bhai, he has always been...

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